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Jerry Pittman (Rudder)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, December 27, 2004 - 9:26 pm: | |
HellO All.
Sure has been cold in Ok.
While backing the Eagle out of the shop
i got into some soft dirt, When i pulled out of the dirt the rear wheels spun then the bus pulled out of the dirt. Has rained two days
prior so ground was wet. After putting the Bus back into the shop i went to turn the master switch off and saw some oil on the housing that
the shaft that turns the alt and radiator belts.
the oil looks like it came from the exhaust by the Turbo. Oil amout mabe 1/4 cup .. What
happened and should i start to worrie??
Thanks to All. Jerry |
Kevin
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, December 27, 2004 - 9:37 pm: | |
Jerry;
The first sign of turbocharger failure is oil in the inlet side of the turbo.. If you can pull the boot to the cold air inlet and take a peek. You can also inspect for compressor wheel rub on the housing.. If your turbocharger is failing you do not want to risk a run-away engine.. |
Jerry Pittman (Rudder)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, December 27, 2004 - 10:12 pm: | |
Thanks Kevin i will ck it tomorrow nite.
about how much is a turbo? ( just in case)
Jerry |
John that newguy
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, December 27, 2004 - 10:22 pm: | |
You sure it just isn't some oil from the blower for the radiators?
When the damned things leak, they leak all over the place, and
idling too long after sitting in the cold, can do it.
Man... I'd rather suggest looking for the simple things first, before
inducing a brain cramp. |
Jerry Pittman (Rudder)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, December 27, 2004 - 10:27 pm: | |
Thanks John ill look at it real close tomorrow night and get back w/ what it looks like.
Thanks so much Guys, Jerry |
jimmci9 #2
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 5:54 am: | |
make sure its oil.... could be slobber from idling too long... do you have excessive smoke of any kind on start up??.... then you look at the cold end of the turbo, shake the shaft gently with your fingers.. note the up/down, in/out movement... too much indicates bad bearings... |
Jerry Pittman (Rudder)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 8:12 am: | |
Afetr idling for warmup when i take off thier
is alot of gray smoke for just a min,
then no more smoke at all.Thats the only time it smokes! Thanks, Jerry |
TWO DOGS
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 8:43 am: | |
that part is NORMAL Jerry |
John that newguy
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 8:58 am: | |
Mice or squirrels making a nest in your air cleaner can do it too.
(Right, TD?) |
TWO DOGS
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 10:21 am: | |
what are you talking about...too much sugar JTNG |
Jerry Pittman (Rudder)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 11:39 pm: | |
guys i think i am ok it is on the mulffer side and not that much. but it is oil,scared the hell of of me, Theresa and i are going Gold hunting in Feb and i sure didnt want to break down in
Tx, May have to spend time w/ Two Dogs HEHE.
Guys u r the BEST and i THINK YOU ALL.
If we hit GOLD we wont give any of you any, but you all can come to our PARTY and wach Two DOGS
jump in the pool with a 9 foot gator for 10 grand! My money is on Da MAN.Then we will have
GATOR on Two Dogs, What you say? |
Tim Strommen (Tim_strommen)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 12:24 am: | |
Are you running a 2-Cycle Detroit Mechanical? if so, you can do a few checks to find out what your problem is:
1) Check the intake to the turbo, if there is oil there your turbo bearing seals are shot (cheap)
2) On the side of you engine below the valve cover there are several oval shaped plate attached to the engine block with two bolts. These are the air box cover plates. Take one off that you can see (safely) into while the engine is being run. If oil comes out when your engine is not running, the engine has been sitting too long. Also check to see if your air box drains are plugged.
3) With the cover off, start the engine. you should be able to use a flashlight to see into the opening. The round cylinder inside the hole with all the perferations is infact your cylinder liner. If you see oil comming out the holes in the liner, you probably have bad blower seals (also cheap). If you see oil coming out the rings on the liner, then obviously you have bad rings (not cheap, or quick to fix).
4) Detroit recommends taking a look for physical damage to the turbo if you're seeing oil coming from the exhaust gaskets. the last thing you want to see is a piece of the intake side of the turbo missing, it only has one direction to go (also not cheap, will cause massive head bleeding and damage to the engine block because of ramming your head into it repetatively when you find a broken intake valve.)
Most likely, the cause is not running the engine near load for a good ammount of time, or runing the engine cold (it will still create combustion, but will not completely burn all the fuel because it has not reached its design temperature for optimum effeciency) yet another one of several reasons one might consider an engine block heater or blanket for your engine in cold weather.
Tim |